Scott PowersJune 3, 2020
5min807
97% drop of tax receipts in April for the state's largest tourist engine.
Tag: Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Scott PowersJune 3, 2020Scott PowersApril 21, 2020
7min615
Orange County, the heart of Florida's tourism industry, forecasts a slow, 3-4 year recovery.
Scott PowersNovember 29, 2019
3min214
Festival highlights Orlando's international basis with music, dance, poetry, fashion, and entertainment.
Scott PowersMarch 27, 2017
6min350
After weeks of testimony before his committee on various college and university budget requests, Chairman Larry Ahern of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education Appropriations laid out his proposals Monday to slash Bright Futures money, financial reserves, university support for private organizations, and non-recurring programs, including Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center. Ahern, a Republican state representative […]
Scott PowersSeptember 22, 2016
3min444
Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords of Arizona and her husband former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly plan to kick off a 13-state tour in Orlando next week to push for gun law reforms. Giffords, critically injured and nearly killed in a 2011 shooting rampage in Tuscon, Ariz., and Kelly, a retired Navy captain who was commander […]
Scott PowersSeptember 9, 2016
8min277
In the next move in Orlando’s tourism money chess match, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs has agreed to put $45 million toward finishing Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The move, assuming Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer agrees and the appropriate boards all sign off, means the postponed-into-limbo final phase known as the acoustic […]
Scott PowersJuly 14, 2016
5min337
All the Pulse massacre memorabilia laid on the lawn of the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center in Orlando, all the expressions of grief, love and togetherness, soon will be history. Literally. People will have one more weekend to see the remaining cards, pictures, flags, art and other expressions. But by Monday, the Orange County Regional […]
Scott PowersJune 16, 2016
7min213
Pool report on the visit of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden to Orlando, to offer comfort and support to families, employees, first responders and others from the Pulse nightclub massacre, filed by Orlando Sentinel reporter Steven Lemongello: President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were at Amway Center for two hours […]
Scott PowersMay 6, 2016
Teresa Jacobs urges Orange County tourist board to back Pro Bowl, consider pushing for tax ordinance
6min315
Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs has sent messages on two controversial fronts involving the county’s lucrative tourist tax, asking the Tourist Development Council to put up money to attract the NFL Pro Bowl and to think about pushing for an ordinance to deal with future tourist tax issues. The latter request — Jacobs actually only softly suggested […]
Scott PowersApril 1, 2016
8min223
With Orange County’s bed tax flush from record tourism, Orlando’s tourism community wants to see more of that money spent on tourism marketing, the convention center and area sports and arts venues, including the next phase of construction for the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center. The Central Florida Hotel and Lodging Association and Orlando’s three major […]